Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-08-19
SALT LAKE CITY.
A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
BY ITS LEADING CITIZENS.

An Address to the Public Which Really
Under.Estimates the Social, CONNER.
cial and Climatic Advantages Of the
Great Rocky Mountain Health Resort.
The step just taken BY the Salt
Lake Chamber of Com merce, in oaus.
ing to be prepared, for wide circula.
ton, a statement setting forth some
of the advantages which their city
offers to those seeking homes or de
sirable investments, will undoubtedly
prove very beneficial, as it will tend
to make the place much better and
more favorably known than it is at
present, aud thus induce many to visit
it who would otherwise scarcely have
thought of doing so. The following
portions of the address are reprinted
by request, free of charge-the TINES
being always willing to assist neigh
boring communities in every possible
way:
The first consideration at this time
which possesses the greatest interest
for the citizens Of your valley cities,
is the delightful climate we enjoy in
Utah. During the summer months
we find no necessity of travelling t.
the seaside in search of cooling
breezes. Our mean temperature is
"A degrees, but our dry atmosphere
reduces this, in effect, several degrees.
We have more days of sunshine than
any other city In the United States,
our nights are cool without exception,
and tourists and others who have Wis.
tied and lived on the much. Wanted
California slopes assert that our eli.
mate excels that of Los Angeles in
the purity and dryness of the atmos.
phere. Oar city is the loveliest of its
size on the American Continent, both
in location, general appearance, and
surroundings, and our pleasure resorts
on the beach of Salt Lake are said to
possess more attractions than any on
your Atlantic coast. AS a bathing
place, the "Dead Sea Of America" is
said to excel not only the oceans
bounding our continent, but the Adri.
attic, Mediterranean, or any of the
famous resorts of the sunny climes of
Europe.
The fame Of Denver is associated
with the shade in which its beautiful
residences are EMPOWERED, but the
foliage that embowers Salt Lake
homes Is Of such indescribable rich
ness and variety that it must be seen
to be appreciated.
For a home, there is not a place
that offers so many inducements as
Salt Lake City. And we have mary
lovely homes, palaces and cottages,
but cottages of such surprising beauty
and exquisite loveliness as it would
seem only poets fancy could paint.
But it is not only homes that we
have to offer. Our mountains are rich
in mineral, many mines within but a
few miles of our city being among the
richest and most productive of the
West. Progress in their development
has been slow, owing to circumstances
which it is unnecessary to detail, but
with every obstacle they have yielded
up to date about $1OO.0OO,OOO. Cap.
ital is needed for their further devel-
opment, and like the other States and
Territories of the West, we are forced
to turn to the East for assistance in
developing these resources.
In Iron county we have inexhausti.
BILE mountains of the finest iron in the
world, and there, as in nearly every
other county of the Territory, the coal
supply is unlimited, some of the mines
already opened showing veins 100
feet thick, and material enough to
supply fifty generations.
For agriculture our valleys have TO
equals. Wheat, corn, barley and oats
grow more luxuriantly than on the
fertile plains of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana
or Missouri. Vegetables of every va
riety, and of the finest quality, includ-
ing the famous Utah potato, are sold
in our markets by the industrious set.
tiers Of our neighboring valleys. In
the southern part of the Territory
oranges and other tropical fruits can
be raised, but further north, and in
the immediate vicinity of our city
grow fruits of every description which
surpass In favor those Of California,
though In some cases the Californis
product presents finer appearance
Stock interests flourish here to 9
large extent, but sheep.raising has
received greater attention, and the
annual wool clip will reach about
100000 pounds.
We have stone quarries close a
hand, yielding the finest and hand
soonest quality of building material
the Mormon Temple being construct
ed Of gray granite found at our doors
and our brown stone is superior boil
in quality and appearance to that o
which Fifth Avenue New York; pal
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